Business/Tech Look out Apple, Microsoft - the tablet race heats up
Apple, Google, Microsoft, Research in Motion ... Hewlett-Packard? That makes for five operating systems now in the tablet race -- which is still, hands down, being dominated by Apple and its iPad. Brazil's president wants to order Boeing fighters (Reuters)
Boeing's F/A-18 fighter is the best choice of Brazil's Air Force, although conditions remain before the country orders the jet, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff told U.S. Authorities, according to a Reuters report. El Al to buy four Boeing 737s, takes options for two more
El Al agreed Monday to buy four Boeing 737-900ER jets, with purchase options for two more, the Israeli Airline reported Tuesday. Smart phones outsell PCs for first time
For the first time ever, smart phones such as Apple Inc.'s iPhone are outselling personal computers, according to a report by research group IDC that was released Monday. Microsoft starts shipping first Windows 7 service pack
The first service pack for Windows 7 and its server counterpart has been released to manufacturers and will be generally available Feb. 22, Microsoft said today. Fighter makers show off for India in Bangalore
Here's the updated photo gallery Aero India 2011, in Bangalore, starting with photos from opening day, on Wednesday, and then going back to preparations earlier in the week. Oh, and Server & Cloud SVP Amitabh Srivastava leaving MSFT
In addition to the appointment of Satya Nadella as president of Microsoft's Server and Tools Business, CEO Steve Ballmer also announced Amitabh Srivastava -- a senior vice president in the lucrative division -- plans to leave the company. TWA terminal at JFK could become hotel (Wall Street Journal)
Architect Eero Saarinen's TWA terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport symbolized the jet age when it opened in 1962 at what was then Idlewild Airport. Now it may become a hotel. Air India to get first Boeing 787 in Q4 (India Infoline)
Boeing will deliver Air India's first 787 Dreamliner in the fourth quarter, a company executive announced Wednesday. Continental Airlines guy on Boeing 787: "It looks fast"
Boeing's fifth 787 Dreamliner, ZA005, recently stopped off in Houston to visit Continental Airlines personnel on its way back from flight testing in Bolivia. Full text: STB President Satya Nadella's e-mail to employees
Microsoft today appointed Satya Nadella, a 19-year company veteran with cloud-computing chops, as its new president of the Server and Tools Business. Here's the full text of his e-mail to STB employees. Full text: Ballmer's e-mail to employees on Satya Nadella
Microsoft today promoted 19-year veteran Satya Nadella as its new president of the Server and Tools Business. Here is CEO Steve Ballmer's e-mail to all Microsoft employees regarding the appointment. Satya Nadella is Microsoft's new Server & Tools president
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer today appointed Satya Nadella as president of the company's Server and Tools Business, filling a spot vacated last month by Bob Muglia. Aero India show prepares for Wednesday opening
The Aero India 2011 show is scheduled to start Wednesday in Bangalore. Here's a photo gallery of preparations. Ballmer wants more techies on top in shake-up (Bloomberg)
There are more changes coming to Microsoft's top management, and CEO Steve Ballmer wants to put more engineers in the ranks, Bloomberg News reports. 
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